Hehou Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Hehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 93 | 1:111,136 | 12,439 |
| Taiwan | 29 | 1:808,440 | 5,718 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Hehou (11) may also be a first name.
Hehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hehou occurs most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hehou.
How Common Is The Last Name Hehou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,491,356th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Hehou reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hehou is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 111,136. In Benin Hehou is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 56 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 15 percent live and Zou Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 21 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hehou
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